Pasta with Garlic, Oil, and Toasted Bread Crumbs

Name: Pasta with Garlic, Oil, and Toasted Bread Crumbs
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 as a main course
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 pound, linguine or spaghetti; 1 1/2 teaspoons, table salt (for pasta); 1 teaspoon, table salt (for sauce); 1 tablespoon, unsalted butter; 1/4 cup, bread crumbs (dry); 1/2 ounce, grated Parmesan cheese (about 2 tablespoons); 3 medium cloves, garlic, minced (about 1 tablespoon); 1/4 cup, extra-virgin olive oil; 1/2 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1/4 cup, dry vermouth; , Ground black pepper

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2000

Perhaps no simple kitchen task is accompanied by more tips and tricks than boiling pasta. We put them all to the test.

SERVES4 to 6 as a main course

TIME45 minutes

Pasta with Garlic, Oil, and Toasted Bread Crumbs

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

When developing our pasta with garlic, oil, and bread crumbs recipe, we decided to take a keen look at the method and rituals around cooking dried pasta, from “chefy” to folkloric. It didn’t make a difference whether we started with hot or ...

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